Early-demographic dividend | Land area (sq. km)
Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Development relevance: Land area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, land area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators. Limitations and exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. Statistical concept and methodology: Total land area does not include inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area. Including areas of former states; for example, the areas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are counted in Russian Federationand other successor states.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source
Early-demographic dividend | Land area (sq. km)
1960
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32210843 1968
32210843 1969
32210843 1970
32210843 1971
32210843 1972
32210813 1973
32210773 1974
32210753 1975
32210623 1976
32210623 1977
32210623 1978
32210623 1979
32210623 1980
32210623 1981
32210623 1982
32210623 1983
32210623 1984
32210623 1985
32210623 1986
32210623 1987
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32210623 1989
32210623 1990
32211323 1991
33246633 1992
33145633 1993
33138710 1994
33138710 1995
33138710 1996
33138710 1997
33110230 1998
33110230 1999
33187094 2000
33187040 2001
33187040 2002
33186826 2003
33313586.297 2004
33313534.766 2005
33313719.221 2006
33313941.059 2007
33313661.396 2008
33314189.692 2009
33314070.952 2010
33314027.061 2011
33313888.022 2012
33313797.048 2013
33312370.282 2014
33317194.353 2015
33316932.509 2016
33310584.82 2017
33310596.429 2018
33309810.858 2019
33309874.265 2020
33324923.735 2021
2022
Early-demographic dividend | Land area (sq. km)
Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. Development relevance: Land area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, land area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators. Limitations and exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations. Statistical concept and methodology: Total land area does not include inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area. Including areas of former states; for example, the areas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are counted in Russian Federationand other successor states.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source